Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-11-10

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serious illness.
Our former townsman, John ii.
Kreamer, who had been residing in
Girardville, Schuykill county. for the
last two years, has removed to Altoona,
to make that his future place of resi-
dence.
Don't fool yourself by believing
that you are much smarter than other
folks, for you amt, says one of our eX-
change papers. There is an average
among men and il you come up to 1t be
satisfied
"A party was given Il, their resi-
dence by Mr.. and Mrs. ID. w. Zeigler
in honor of their daughter Annie's
birthday on last Friday evening. The
central attraction of the affair was a
sumptuous supper.
The drouth which still continues
in this section causes the pure water
supply to fall alarmingly short. There
are but four wells in town now with
water and many of our people are COM
PEELED TO drink racewater.
Merchant d. s. Kaufman and
John Hick, the restaurant man were to
Lock Haven on Monday and took in
the Jail at that place. taking peep at
the prisoners confined there on suspi-
cion of the Culyey murder.
The Lutheran congregation of IA
ronsburg will celebrate the Lords Sup
per next Sabbath morning in the Ger
man language and in the English Ian
guage in the evening. Divine services
at st. Paul'S in the afternoon.
-EphraimRupp, administrator of the
estate of Samuel Rupp, late of Haines
township, deed. adyertises said estate
at public sale, to take place on Satur-
day, November 10Th, inst, at one o.
clock. See notice on second page,
Among the Coburn items will be
found an account of a bad accident
which befell our friend &. &. Brumgard,
OF Miles township. Our Rebersburg
correspondent reports the gentleman
improving, which we are very glad to
hear.
-R. D. Bierly, Of Rebersburg, had
his left arm BADLY cut by sharp axe
on last Saturday. The axe was lying
on a shelf overhead. unknown to Mr..
Bierly, who was at work IN the shop,
when the axe came down on him with
the result stated.
The large barn of Michael Confer,
on the farm adjoining that of Jno. A.
Woodward, near Howard, together
with all the contents, buried down last
Friday night. There were 16 hogs,
head of cattle and good team of mules
in the barn and all perished.
Geo. Roger and family, on North
street are moving TO Bellefonte this
week, where Mr.. Roger has found per.
manent work at his trade. .carpentering
Their goods were taken to Coburn sta.
tion on Tuesday for shipment. His
home in Texas" is for rent now.
Next year (1Sss) will be peculiar
one in this respect, that the last three
numerals which compose it will be the
same figures, a circumstance which
can occur only once in century, or,
more strictly speaking, once in Ill
years it will be Ill years before an
toher 'three of a kind" (l999) will be
reached,-Er.
Some one who is supposed to under
stand the subject, estimates that a
farmer. in raising twenty acres Of corn,
4 travels 375 miles. In blowing the
ground with a sixteen inch, three horse
plow, he travels 175 miles. to harrow
the ground before planting, he walks
twenty-five miles and to cultivate it,
1S5 miles. .-EI.
There is a new "devil'' in the
JOURNAL Office who has already learn
ed to torture We scribe with the eyer
lasting CRY for 'copy." His name is
Newton Bracht and his intentions are
to make the art preservative his life
work, Newt seems a steady young
man who promises to make a good
printer.
Miss Salina Gephart. daughter of
our townsman, Mr.. Jacob Gephart, has
returned from the west. She had spent
the greater part of a year with her
brother, A. ]. Gephart, at Great Bend,
Kansas. Miss Gephart is looking right
well and western life and climate
seems to have agreed with her. Her
many friends in town gladly welcome
her back.
Rev. Swengle's residence OH Main
street closely escaped being burned
down the other day. One of the fiues
which was evidently filled with SCOT
caught fire and was soon column OF
flames. Some clothing hanging near
the chimney place upstairs was ignited
by the heat and but for the timely dis.
covery of the fire the house would have
been entirely destroyed.
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